Dwarf planets Pluto and Ceres are also suspected of having an underground ocean, as are some of the moons of Uranus. “We know that the presence of liquid water is essential for life,” said Ojha.

Move over Saturn! Scientists have found a ring around an unassuming mini-planet in our Solar System to debunk the theory that only giant planets can be so adorned. The planet, dubbed Haumea ...

The building blocks of life could have been delivered to Ceres by one or more space rocks from the outer asteroid belt.

The planet, if it is indeed a planet ... an unremarkable orange K-class dwarf with just 64% the mass of our sun. As Gaia plotted the star's proper motion in the sky, it noticed that the star's ...

Since its discovery in 1930, the dwarf planet has revolved beyond reach, its frosty surface a blurred mystery that even the most powerful telescopes can’t bring into focus. We know about Pluto.

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Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Computer simulations suggest that there is an undiscovered Earth-like ...

And then there's the dwarf planet, Pluto. If you were in school before 2006, you probably learned that Pluto was the 9th ...